Legal Opinion · Dissent

Free Speech Coalition, Inc. v. Attorney General United States

Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

Decided June 8, 2016No. 13-3681Published

1DissentRendell, Circuit Judge

We face a conundrum in this case in that we have two diametrically opposed Supreme Court precedents regarding the level of scrutiny to be applied. While reasonable minds definitely do disagree on this issue, I must respectfully dissent from the majority’s conclusion that Reed v. Town of Gilbert, Arizona, — U.S. ——, 135 S.Ct. 2218, 192 L.Ed.2d 236 (2015), controls this case rather than the Supreme Court’s jurisprudence establishing the secondary effects doctrine. In declining to apply the doctrine here, the majority reasons that “any application of [it] beyond what the Supreme Court has…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corp. v. Public Service CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  2. Rodriguez De Quijas v. Shearson/American Express, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1989
  3. Agostini v. FeltonSupreme Court of the United States · 1997
  4. City of Renton v. Playtime Theatres, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1986
  5. Young v. American Mini Theatres, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1976

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